Aggrieved Persons

An Act To Define "Person Aggrieved" in Proceedings before the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (2012)

By passing LD 1647, the Legislature limited citizens’ voices in agency decisions. The bill changed the definition of who can appeal agency actions to the citizen review boards of the DEP and LURC. To appeal a decision, one now must prove a “particularized interest” in the subject of the appeal, which makes it more difficult for the average person to participate in the appeal process.